Joseph bertrand



(No Model.)

J. BERTRAND.

BANDOLIER.

Patented Feb. 13, 1894.

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JOSEPH BERTRAND, OF HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JOSEPH CROZE, OF SAME PLACE.

BANDoLlEa `SPEC;[FICAEION forming part of Letters Patent No. 514,808,

dated February 13, 1894.

Application filed July 5, 1893- Serial No. 479.645. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may con/cern.-

Beit known that I, JOSEPH BERTRAND, of Houghton, in the county of Houghton and State of Michigamhave invented a new and useful Improvement in Bandoliers, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact; de-

script-ion.v 4 l My invention relates to an improvement in bandoliers, and it has forits object to provide a bandolier especially adapted to assist a porter, or any other person, in the carriage or transportation of heavy articles, as for example sides of beef, bales of hay, sacks of heavy material, &c.; and another object of the invention is to provide a bandolier which will and capable of being expeditiously and conveniently iitted to the person, and likewise to provide a means whereby the hanger or bracket of the bandolier may be adjusted so as to near to the waist line as desired.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the severalparts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming apart of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bandolier applied. Fig. 2 is a partial front elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is avertical section taken practically on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is atransverse section taken essentially on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2. Y

In carrying out the invention the bandolier consists of a shoulder strap 10, the lower ends whereof are connected with an apron 11. The apron and the shoulder strap may be of any approved material; preferably, however, both are made of leather of a suitable thickness, and the apron may be made as long and as wide as in practice may be found desirable.

he apron is provided with a pocket 12,which ordinarily extends from top to bottom of its central portion ,the pocket bein gformed either upon the front or the back of the apron, or intermediate of. its two faces. Within the pocket a metal plate 13, is stationarily atwith the apron.

tached, and this plate is provided with a series of apertures 14, produced longitudinally in it, the apertures being at predetermined distances apart, and both the front and therear faces of the apron are apertu'red in a corre- 55 sponding manner, so that the apertures in the ,apron will register with those in the plate. A

bracket or hanger 15, is used in connection This bracket or hanger is usually made in the shape of ahook, as illus- 6o trated in the drawings, and when so made the hook is provided with a threaded arm or member 16, located at the extremity of its shank and extending at right angles from it. `The hook, bracket or hanger 15, is adj ustably lo`- cated upon the apron by passing the threaded portion 16 of'its shank (since the shank may be bent upon itself to form the threaded portion 16) through any of the apertures 14 in the plate and apron, the hook or bracket being 7o located upon the front of the apron, and the hook or bracket is then secured in place by screwing a nut 17, or equivalent device, upon the rear end of the said threaded member of the hook, as shown best in Fig. 3. The nut 75 may be screwed up tightly, so as to hold the hook orbracket in longitudinal alignmentwith the center of the apron, or at any point at either side of the center; or the nut may be so manipulated as to direction. Y

The construction of the bandolier is completed by attaching to one member of the enable the operator to 8o swing the hookv or bracket in any required Y shoulder strap a belt 18, adapted to be passed 8 5 around the waist, which belt is usually provided with a snap 19, or the equivalent thereof, for engagement with a keeper 20, secured upon the opposite member of the shoulder strap.

In operation, the shoulder strap is placed over the shoulder and under one of the arms, which will bring the apron either over the right or the left hip, as may be desired. The

belt is then passed around the waist and secured to the shoulder strap at both of its ends, serving to maintain the shoulder strap in the required position, and also serving to take more or less of the weight carried by the hook or bracket from the shoulder, thus dividing loo the weight between the shoulder, the waist and the hip.

It is evidentthat when sides of beef, for example, bales of hay, or other heavy objects are to be carried from one place to another, bysecuring the article to be carried upon the hook or bracket 15, much heavier weights may be transported by persons of ordinary strength, than would be possible for them to convey by simply throwing the article over the shoulder and supporting it upon the breast, depending Wholly upon the hands as a stay. The device, furthermore, is exceedingly simple, it is economic and durable, and as heretofore stated it may be adjusted by any person of ordinary intelligence, and may be worn by persons of large or of small stature with equally good effect.

I am aware of the fact that a band or strap adapted to be passed over the shoulder and provided with hooks or suspending,y attachments for carrying loads is not new, and I therefore make no broad claim to the same.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A bandolier consisting of a suspending strap or band, a pendent apron, and a bracket or load hanger made adjustable on the apron, substantially as shown and described.

2. A bandolier consisting of a suspending strap or band, a pendent apron with sheath or pocket, a rigid plate inclosed in said sheath or pocket, and a bracket or load hanger connected to the rigid plate, substantially as shown and described.

3. A bandolier consisting of a suspending strap or band, a pendent apron with sheath or pocket, a rigid and perforated plate inclosed in said sheath or pocket, and a load hanger adjustably con uected to the apron and plate upon the outer face thereof, substantially as shown and described.

4:. A bandolier consisting of a suspending band or strap, a pendent apron with sheath or pocket, a perforated rigid plate contained within the same, and a supporting bracket or load hanger extending through both the apron and plate and made pivotally adjustable by a clamping nut, substantially as shown and described.

5. A bandolier consisting of a suspending strap or band, a suspended apron with sheath or pocket, a rigid plate with a vertical series of holes, and a pivotal and screw threaded load hanger extending through the apron and plate, and made adjustable both verticall5T and pivotally,substantially as shown and described.

JOSEPH BERTRAND.

Witnesses:

CHARLEs RUELLE, JR., OCTAvIUs D. BAUDIN. 

